The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you want God to do something new in you, you cannot keep doing the same old thing. You have to do… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Now that mine is almost over, I can say that the one thing that struck me most about life is the capacity… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the dedication of a library is an act of faith. To bring together the resources of the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
Whether you send an e-mail, tell your spouse in person, write a letter, talk over the phone, or write a quick note,… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
This state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the conservation of the community, is really the first premise… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Modern man's capacity for destruction is quixotic evidence of humanity's capacity for reconstruction. The powerful technological agents we have unleashed against the… — George Will Copy Share Image
But what we can never do is change the story that has made us what we are. It's a story completely dictated… — Douglas Kennedy Copy Share Image
I want a strong man, but a gentle one. And, most unlikely of all, but most essential, I want a man with… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The dignity of a woman's life is infinite, her status immeasurable, her capacity unbounded, her role divine...In the fast changing world of… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
As human beings we have the capacity to enjoy limitless, blissful happiness...there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
The teachings or the information in the Venus project is not what Jacque Fresco dictates. It’s first doing a survey of the… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The opportunity that is unique [to our] time is what inspires me to do everything I can to move things forward. This… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Man does indeed know intuitively more than he rationally understands. The question, however , is how we can gain access to the… — Ira Progoff Copy Share Image
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The writer cultivates, extends, raises and inflates his imagination, sure that this is his destiny, his usefulness, his contribution to the understanding… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Singing is my form of expression; it's what I've always done and I hope that in some capacity I'll always have that… — Wendy Matthews Copy Share Image
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character,… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves; unless you… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
“[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection… — Gideon Haigh Copy Share Image
The gift of the Holy Ghost is a gift of power. The Holy Ghost inspires and heals, guides and warns, enhances our… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's… — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
Human beings do not carry civilization in their genes. All that we do carry in our genes are certain capacities- the capacity… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A commander should have a profound understanding of human nature, the knack of smoothing out troubles, the power of winning affection while… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
If people lacked the capacity to receive the thoughts of the men who preceded them and to pass on to others their… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Masters of one art have mastered all because they have mastered themselves. With dominion over both mind and muscle, they demonstrate power,… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at… — Medard Boss Copy Share Image
The Lord doesn't expect us to work harder than we are able. He doesn't (nor should we) compare our efforts to those… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable in power and storage capacity to the minicomputers of… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Humankind, which discovers its capacity to transform and in a certain sense create the world through its own work, forgets that this… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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